Rotary baler



Oct.. 29, 1946. P. H. HARRE ErAL ROTARY BALER Filed March 4, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 29, 1946.

P. H. HARRER ETAL ROTARY BALER 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed March 4, 1944 Patented Oct. 29, 1946 ROTARY BALER Paul H.: Harrer and Clayton H. Roth, La Porte,

Indy., assignorsto Allis-Chalmers Manufacturof Delaware ing Company, Milwaukee, WVis., a corporation Application-March 4, 1944, Serial No...525,008

14. Claims.

1 Thisinvention relates generally to mechanism forv wrapping any suitabler binding material (hereinafter called twine) aroundfa'cylindrical bale'while it is disposed within the machineforming vsame and more `particularly to the type of mechanism embodying a.- 'twinefeeding member (hereinafter called a tube) operative to engage the? twine to be fed therefrom with the material passing. into Ythe machine whereby'the' end o thetwine is carried into the machine and around the bale disposed therein.

Invv operating baling .machines it sometimes happens due to'the lack offmaterial enteringthe machine and/or to the nature and arrangement of .the material lreceiving zandconveying'. parts thereof'that'the end of the twine hanging from the `tube is not carried into the machine; and around the bale as contemplated.- Consequently, wrapping of ltheloale is delayed until Vthefencl oi the twine can be made `to'enter thevma'chine and as airesult the number of '.bale'sswhich can be formed and wrapped in'a given vtime isv materially reduced.

, It 'is therefore the primary object of this invention to provide a twine wrapping mechanism of the type hereinbefore referred to withla'means operative to engage the-twine with a material receiving and conveying part of the machine such as will insure the end of the twine --being pulled into the `machine and around the fbale disposed therein irrespective of the nature and arrangement o-iV such a part and irrespective of whether material to be baled is then passing into the machine.

Another object of this invention is to provide a twine wrapping mechanism of said type with a means rendered automatically operative to engage the twine with a material receiving and conveying part of the machine whenever wrapping 'of the bale is to be initiated. Still another object 'of this invention is toprovide a twine wrappingl mechanism of said type with a means automaticallyoperative to repeatedly-engage the twine with a material receiving and con'veyinfT part of the machine until the end of the twine is pulled into the machine.

A further object of this invention is to provide a twine wrapping mechanism of said type with a novel correlation of featuresv operative automatically or otherwise to insure an immediate wrapping of the formed bale.

In accordance with this invention, one or more of the above stated objects may be readily accomplished in whole or in part by vproviding a meinberlpositionable to engage'the twine hang'- ing from the tube with a material receiving and conveying part of the machinel which, for example maybe ofthe type disclosed in U. F. Luebbens United- States Patent No. 2,336,491, December 14, 1943, Rotary' baler, whereby-.said part will seize and pull the end of the twine into the machine and by providing means for controllably oper-ating said member. either manually or automatically whenever wrapping of. the bale is to be initiated. K i Y f The .invention is-illustrated as applied to the twine wrapping mechanismwhich is disclosed and claimed in Pau-l H. Harrers andiCharles J. Scrantons copending- ,application Serial.y No. 524,888, filed March 3,1944, and'fwhich is-also disclosed vbut not claimedA in Paul I-I. Harrers copending 'application Serial No. 524,190, filed February 28, '1944. l

The invention accordingly consists.- off the various features of construction; combinations of elementsl and arrangements of parts as is more fully set forth in the appended claims and in the 'detaileddescriptiom in which:

Fig. 1 is a partial side elevation of a..ba1ing machinev providedwith a' twine wrapping mechanism embodying` the invention;

Fig. 2 is a partial section takenon lineII--II of Fig. 1; and

FigyS is apartial front elevation ofthe structure shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3 of -the'drawinga itA is' seen that the invention may beapplied to a baling'machine comprising a frame structure l operatively mounting an upper drive -roll assembly2, aV stationary shield or guard 3 for the front side of assembly 2a lower drive roll assembly 4, a press rollv assembly 6, upper and lower trip roll assemblies Tand 8, respectively-a bale discharge latch release bar 9, a twine-feeding tube Ill, and a housing formed by a pair of spaced rigidly connected and supported front` and -rear plates Il and. l2, respectively, operatively supporting the twine tube l0 and'mechanismi'or controllably positioning and positively imoving the'tube lengthwise of the bale lduring .thewrapping operation.

One or more endless bale formin'gbands i3 are mounted for movement over the roll portions of assembly 2, over the roll portion ofrassembly 1 and over the roll portion of an upper tension roll assembly (not shown) and one or-more similar bands I4 are mounted for movement over the roll portion of assembly', over the roll portion of assembly 8 and overthe roll portionof a lQWBr tension rollassembly also (not shown).

In this connection, the correlation and operation of the various roll assemblies, the bale forming bands and the latch release bar 9 hereinbefore identified are the functional equivalent of the corresponding parts of the U. F. Luebben baling machine disclosed in U. S. Patents 2,096,990 and 2,336,491, issued October 26, 193'?, and December 14, 1943, respectively, and since a detailed disclosure of such parts is not essential for a complete understanding of the present invention, it should suffice to point out that material to be baled is fedy to and passes between the roll portions of the press and lower drive roll assemblies whereupon it engages and is rolled into a compact cylindrical bale I 6 by the action of the oppositely moving bands I3 and I4, that when the bale attains the desired diameter, the feed of material to the machine is terminated and the latch release bar 9 actuated whereupon the trip roll assemblies move apart and effect discharge of the bale from the machine, and that upon discharge of the bale, the trip roll assemblies are immediately returned to their initial bale starting position whereupon material may be again fed to the machine to initiate the formation of another bale.

' Twine tube I6 is supported for angular movement by having its upper end pivotally mounted on a xed'pin I1 projecting rearward from rear plate I 2 and is biased by gravity and by the action of a spring I8 to assume the full line position shown in Figs. 1 and 3;, movement in the clockwise direction being limited by engagement with -a fixed stop member I9 carried by a part of the frame structure I. Plates II and I2 rotatably support a shaft 2| which extends therethrough and presents free end portions to which are secured front and rear crank arms 22 and 23, respectively; crank arm 23 having mounted thereon a laterally projecting roller 24 adapted to engage the cam edge portion 26 on twine tube Il! and thereby move the twine tube to its dotted line position shown in Fig. 3. A spur gear 21 having a non-toothed peripheral portion (hereinafter called a partial gear) is fixed on shaft 2! betweenplates II and I2 in such position that said shaftJ and gear are driven through a predetermined angle by a spur gear 28 integral with the hub portion of va bevel gear 23-rotatably mounted on a xed shaft 3I which extends between and is supported by said plates. Bevel gear 29 meshes with and is driven by a pinion 32 xed on a shaft 33 which has its adjacent end rotatably mounted in a bearing 34 supported by an integral forwardly extending arm 36 on rear plate IZ.v The opposite end of shaft 33 is rotatably supported in `a bearing 31 mounted on the frame structure I and carries at its outer end a V-belt pulley 39 driven by a V-belt 39 which is in turn driven from a normally rotating part of the machine so that for all practical purposes the shaft 33 may b considered as continuously rotating.

Front plate II has fixed thereon a rearwardly projecting fixed pin 4I on which is pivotally mounted a crank arm 42 carrying a laterally projecting roller 43 adapted to engage and ride on the inner peripheral surface 44 of the toothed flange portion of partial gear 21; arm 42 being biased to maintain roller 43 in continuous engagement with surface 44 by means of a spring 46. A transverse shaft 41 is rotatably mounted in bearings 48 carried by opposite portions of the framestructure I Aand is provided with a laterally projecting arm 49 which is connected with crank arm 42 by means ofllinks-EI and 52. Spur- 4 face 44 is provided with an integral cam portion 53 and the movement of roller 43 thereover results in a counterclockwise movement of crank arm 42 as viewed in Fig. 3 and a corresponding movement of shaft 41 as viewed in Fig. 1.

Plates II and I2 also have secured therebetween a fixed shaft 54 on which is pivotally mounted a bell crank lever 56 having on one arm thereof a roller 51 adapted to engage a stop projection 58 integral with the rear side surface of partial gear 21 and having its other arm connected for simultaneous movement with a downwardly extending arm of a pivotally mounted bell crank lever 59 by means of a link 6I; bell cranks 56 and 59 both being normally retained in the positions shown by means of a spring 62 and a recessed stop plate 63 into the recessed portion of which projects a forwardly extending strengthening rib 94 integral with the upper arm of bell crank 59. Bell crank 59 is pivotally mounted on a fixed rearwardly projecting pin 66 carried by a U-shaped bracket 61 secured to the underside of an inverted U-shaped frame member 63. Stop plate 63 is mounted on and projects rearward from frame member 68 and movement of bell cranks 56 and 59 in a counterclockwise direction from the positions shown in Fig. 3 is limited by the engagement of rib 64 on bell crank 59 with the opposite edge of the recess in stop plate 63. The upwardly projecting arm of bell crank 59 carries a pair of twine tension disks 69 and a twine roller 1I operative to force the twine between the disks 69; disks 69 being alined with a twine guide roller 12 carried by the upper end of twine tube I6. Twine from a suitable source passes between roller 1I and disks 69, over guide roller 12, through tube III and out the ferruled lower end 13 thereof as indicated in Fig. 3.

Shaft 2 I, front and rear crank arms 22 and 23, and partial gear 21 rotate as a unit and are biased to the positions shown in Fig. 3 by means of a spring 14 connecting arm 22 with a xed part of the structure; the arrangement of parts being such that spring 14 acts to rotate shaft 2l, crank arms 22 and 23 and partial gear 21 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 3, that such movement is prevented by the engagement of roller 51 on bell crank 56 with the stop projection 53 on partial gear 21, that spur gear 28 is out of mesh with the toothed portion yof partial gear 21 and is therefore inoperative to drive partial gear 21 counterclockwise unless said partial gear is first rotated counterclockwise a sufcient distance to engage the first tooth thereon with gear 28, and tha-t twine tube I0 is retained in its raised dotted line position shown in Fig. 3 by means of a latch 16 fixed on a rod 'I1 pivotally mounted on the frame structure I and biased to assume a position directly beneath twine tube I6 by means of an arm 18 fixed on rod 11 and a spring 19 connecting arm 18 with a fixed part of the structure; movement of the latch in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1 being limited by a stop projection 8| adapted Ito engage that portion of the frame structure immediately beneath rod 11. Arm 'I8 is interconnected with an actuator B2 by means of links 83, 84 anda bell crank lever 86 having one arm connected with actuator 82 and having its other arm connected with link 84; the latch 16 being shown as held in its twine tube releasing position by actuator 82.

The frame structure I also mounts a xed twine cutting knife 81 positioned to be engaged by the twine fed from the ferruled end of tube I0 as it `approaches its. dottedI line.V raised position shown in Fig.-I 3 -zand xa" pivotally .mounted knife guard 88;l is normally :positioned as shown .-inFig. 3 to prevent tthe .twine from 'contacting the knife. Shaft .41;is` alsoprovded with a'pair yof Varms 89 one of which is show-.n vas'operatively connected with the adjacent end of latch release bar '9 by means of a ilink 9| and apart 92 on link 9| is operativelyiconnected with. an larm 93 on twine guard 88 by means of .a link94; ther-arrange*- ment. being .such'zthat-v the lknife guard vis withdrawn from :inzfront .oflknife 81 just prior to the actuation of latch-release bar 9 to eifecta discharge Aof the bale frcmz' the machine.

Inaddition, .opposite side portions ofthe. frame structure tl pivotally; support a transverse .rock shaft I9Ii onvwhich is xed for. movementY therewith a vmember 91 positionable to-engage the twine hanging fromV the ferruledrend of tube I0 and-tuck or'push same between the coacting portions of the vpress and lower drive roll assemblies as is best' shown in iFig. A1; shaft 96 .having` .fixed on the right hand end 'thereof as Viewed inFig. 3 an actuating crank Aarm 98` which is pivotally connected with a verticailyextending bar 99 having at its upper end an integral rearwardly extending rectangular projection IOI disposed adjacentthe normally rotating shaft 33 and having. -intermediate its'ends an integral rearwardly extending triangular projection |02. Shaft 33 hasxedthereon a crank arm |03 carrying a laterally projecting roller |04 adapted to engage the underside of projection I||I on bar 99 `and thereby -raise bar 9.9 tofthe :approximate position shown iny Fig. 1;-thezprojection |9I. being re.- tained in engagementwith roller- |94 by a spring |06 whichacts to move bar 99 to the right and downward as viewed in...Fig. -1. Further movement of bar 99 toward'the` right lis prevented by again raises bar 99y thereby starting the vcycle of reciprocation just described. Lateral movement of bar 99 isprevented by apair of spaced rigidly connected guide plates IUT-.which are-secured-to the frame-structure I and between which extends the bar 99 asis best shown inl Fig. 3. Obviously,V the reciprocation of bar V99 results in an oscillation of :shaft 9.6'and1a twine tucking movement of the member 91 secured thereto.

Reciprocation of bar 99 and thereby the oscillation of shaft 96 is controlled by apivotally mounted latch plate: |08 (seeFig. 2.) positionable to be engaged bythe triangular projection |02 on bar 99'; the arrangement of parts beingV such that so long as the plate-|08 is lin its fullline position shown in Fig.- 2 it is never-engaged bythe projection |02. .on bar 99 andthat when it is moved to its 'dotted line position, itwill be engaged by the projection |02 'as the bar 99 moves downward from engagement with the roller-|04 on crankzarm |03- and as a result the bar will pivot in a counterclockwise direction-away from shaft 33 and be held 'inv a position` suChthatfthe upper portion ofthe bar vand the: projection IOI thereon will-not be engaged bythe roller-1|04 on the continuously rotating crank arm; |03.;` Latch plate I08iisfm0ved to its full line position shown in Fig` 2 by means ofi fav-link |09 having one end pivotally connectedwith plate |08 and having its opposite endiportion bent to provide an offset x portion I I:0 positioned in the path of the twine tube and to Vprovide a parallel portion I slidably mounted in a bracket I I2 carried by that portion of the frame structure I mounting the twine tube stopl9. Aspring Il?, connects link |09 with an intermediate portion of latch plate |08 and the` arrangement of these parts is such that when thejtwine tube .I0 is in its' fully raised position, spring I I3 retains the latch plate |98 in its 'dotted line positionshown in Fig. 2,*that whenthe twine tube drops to its full line position shown, lit rst engages Athe .offset portion I I0 and then the stop I9.'and the .resulting Vmovement of link I99`poSitions the latch plate |08 in its' full line position shown in;Fig. Zftherebyreleasingba'r 99 which is immediately moved into the path of the roller carrying crank arm |03 by the action of spring |06 =and that Athe latch plate will be retained in its full line positionv until the twine tube I0 is moved away-from `stop I9 a sufficient distance to permit spring VI I3--to lreturn the latch plate to its dotted line position.

During the interval twine 'tube I 0 retains latch plate |08 in its full Yline position. the bar 99 is reciprocated eachl time-the crank arm |93 makes a complete revolutiony and such reciprocation continues until the latchplate |98 is returned to its dotted line' position whereupon the next downward movement ofbar 99 results in the edge of projection |92 engaging Isaid latch plate and a movement of bar 99 vto its inoperative position whereY it-is retained by the coaction of latch plate |98 andl projection" |92 untilthe latch plate is again released by the dropping of twine tube I9. During the formation of a baleytwine tube I9 is retained'in its raised dotted line position shown in Fig. 3 by means lof latch -16 and when the bale attains the desired diameter, actuator 82 is pulled downward which withdraws latch 16 from beneathtwine tube I9 whereupon the tube. swings to its 'full line Yposition best shown in Fig. Sand in so= doing actuates link |09 thereby initiating operation of the twine tucking mechanismA hereinbefore-described which pushes the twine hanging from tube II! against the proximate roll portions of the press and lower drive roll assemblies as indicated in Fig. 1 whereupon the twine is engaged and carried into the machine by said roll-portions and due to the movement of the bands I4 and to the rotation of the bale I6, around'fth'e latter; the feed of material passing between the press and drive roll assemblies beingterminated preferably asY soon as the twine tubereaches its fullline position against stop I 9.

lThe pull exerted on the twine in passing into the machineandaround the bale moves the interconnected belly crank. levers 56 and 59' counterclockwise asI viewed in Fig. 3 thereby withdrawing therroller 91 carried by lever 56 from engagement'vwith stop'projection 58 whereupon spring 14 rotates shaft 2| counterclockwise until the :first tooth o-n partial gear 21 engages spur gear 28; the latter and'spring 14 rotating gear 21 and thereby shaft 2| and crank ar 5 22 .and v23v counterclockwise until these parts attain the relative positionsshown in fFig. 3. y The initial rotation .of `gear 21,v which isvefected by spring 1lI,v positionsthe roller 2tv on crank: arm 23 in proximate spaced relationto the. cam edge 29 ontwineitube I0 andzthe continued. rotation of .gear 21 engages roller 24lwith4-said11cam surface whereupon twine tube I moves in'a counterclockwise direc-` tion toward its fully raised dotted line position shown. As the twine tube moves away from stop I9, spring H3 acts to return latch plate |08 to its normal position thereby terminating operation of the twine tucking mechanism as previously described. When twine tube AIii reaches its dotted line position, the pull on actuator B2 is released and spring 19 acts on arm 13vto reposition latch 16 beneath twine tube lll so that When the roller 24 moves from engagement with the cam edge surface 25, the tube will be retained in its raised dotted line position.

Cam Zi is preferably designed to retain tube lil substantially stationary in its raised dotted line position during the interval the cam portion 53 on partial gear 21 is in engagement with the roller 43 on arm l2 which engagement moves arm 42 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 3 and-through the medium of links 5l, 52 and arm 49 produces a counterclockwise movement of shaft 41 as viewed in Fig. l which in turn moves link 9i thereby withdrawing twine guard 88 from in front of knife B1 and thereby actuating latch release bar 9' whereupon the twine snaps against and is cut by knife 81 and the trip roll assemblies move apart to discharge the bale from the machine; the twine cutting 'and bale discharging operations taking place in the sequence specified. As soon as the trip roll assemblies return to their initial bale starting position, material may be again fed to the machine to initiate the formation of another bale. The cutting of the twine releases the pull on bell crank lever 59 whereupon spring 62 returns the bell crank levers 56 and 59 to the positions shown in Fig. 3 and the continued rotation of gear 21 by the gear 28 and the action of spring 14 brings the stop projection 58 into engagement with the roller 51 on bell crank 56 and this shown arrangement of parts is maintained by the action of spring 14 until the initiation of another twine wrapping operation.

It should now be obvious that whenever actuator 82 is moved to release twine tube l0, the swinging of the ltube from its dotted line to its full line position initiates operation of the twine tucking mechanism which repeatedly engages the twine with a material receiving and conveying part of the machine (in this case the proximate coacting portions of the press and lower drive roll assemblies) until the end of the twine is pulled into the machine and around the bale disposed therein whereupon the operation of the twine tucking mechanism ceases and the wrapping operation continues and is completed as hereinbefore described.

The invention is applicable to all types of rotary baling machines irrespective ofthe nature and arrangement of the material receiving and conveying parts of the machine and irrespective of whether the material is fedto such parts manually or by a conveyor and it should therefore be understood that it is not intended to limit the inventio-n to the exact construction and mode of operation herein shown and described as Various modiiications within the scope of the appended claims may occur to persons skilled in the art.

It is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In a machine embodying means for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylin-v drical bale of predetermined diameter` and means for positioning the twine to be wrapped around the bale while it is in the machine in proximity to a material conveying part of the bale forming means, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into themachine by such part and around the baledisposed therein, and means for operating said member and forv maintaining same inoperative in a predetermined out-of-the-way position.

2. In a machine embodying means for rollingv material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter and means for wrapping twine about the formed bale while it is in the machine including a ytube operative to position the twine hanging therefrom in proximity to a material receiving and conveying part of the bale forming means, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into said machinev by such part and around the bale disposed therein, and means for operating said member and'for maintaining same inoperative in a predetermined out-of-the-way position.

v3. In a machine embodying means for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter and means for wrapping twine about the formed bale while it is in the machine including a tube operative to position the twine carried thereby in proximity to av material receiving and conveying part of the bale forming means, a movably mounted member operative to so position the twine on said part that the twine will be carried into said machine by such part and around the. bale disposed there in, and means for moving said member to perform said twine positioning operation and for maintaining said member inoperativeA in a predetermined out-of-the-'way position.

4. In a machine embodying means for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter and means for wrapping twine about the formed bale while it is in the machine including a tube movable to position the twine carried thereby adjacent one end of the bale and in proximity to a material receiving and conveying part of the bale forming means, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into said machine by such part and around the bale disposed therein, and means responsive to predetermined movements of said tube for controlling the'operation of said member'. f

5. In a machineeinbodying means for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter and apparatus for wrapping twine yaround the bale while it isin the machine including'a movable element operative to position the twine in proximity to a material conveying part of lthe bale forming means, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into the machine by such part and around the bale disposed therein, means for operating said memberv and means responsive to the twine positioning movement of said element for controlling the operation of said-member.

6, In a machine embodying means for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter and means for positioning twine to be wrapped around the bale while it is in the machine in proximity to a material conveying part of the baleforming means, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into said machine by such part and around the vbale disposed therein, means for op" erating said member to repeatedly so engage the twine with said part, and means controlled by the pull exerted on the twine in entering the machine for terminating the operation of said member.

7. In a machine embodying means for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter and means for positioning twine to be wrapped around the bale while it is in the machine in proximity to a material conveying part of the bale forming means, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into the machine by such part and around the bale disposed therein, means for releasably retaining said member inoperative in a predetermined out-of-the-way position, and means respo-nsive to the positioning of the twine in proximity to said part for operating said member.

8. In a machine embodying means for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter and means including a tube movable to position the twine carried thereby adjacent one end of the bale and in proximity to a material receiving and conveying part of the bale forming means and then movable longitudinally of the bale toward the kother end thereof, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into said machine by such part and around the bale disposedqtherein, means responsive to the positioning of said end of the twine adjacent said one end of the bale and in proximity to said part for operating said member, and means responsive to said longitudinal movement `of the tube for terminating operation means operative to release and position said tube adjacent the other end of the bale with the twine carried thereby disposed in proximity to a material receiving and conveying part of the bale V forming means, a movably mounted member operative to so engage the twine with said part that the twine will be carried into the machine by such part and around the bale disposed therein, means for releasably retaining said member inoperative in a predetermined out-of-the-way position, means responsive to the positioning of said tube adjacent said other end of the bale for releasing and operating said member to repeatedly so engage the twine'with said part, and meansl responsive to a movementof said tube from adjacent said other end of the bale toward said one end thereof for controlling reestablishment of the connection between said member and the means releasably retaining same inoperative.

10. In a machine embodying means including a press roll and a coacting material conveying part for rolling material passing therebetween into a formed cylindrical bale of predetermined diameter, means including a tube movable longitudinally of the formed bale for spirally wrapping twine about a predetermined length of the bale while itis in said'machine, means for releasably retaining said tube positioned adjacent one end of the bale, and means operative to release and position said tube adjacent the other end of the bale with the twine carried thereby disposed in proximity to said press roll and part, a movably mounted member operative to tuck the twine between said press ro-ll and part for movement thereby into themachine, a movably mounted element operatively connected with said member, actuating means for operating said element to move said member and thereby tuck the twine between said press roll and part, latch means for releasably retaining said element and member inoperative in predetermined out-ofthe-way positions relative to said press roll and part and relative to said actuating means, respectively, and means operative to control said latch means and thereby the operation of said element and member in response to predetermined movements of said tube.

11. In combination in a machine embodying mechanism for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical ybale and for positioning twine, which is to be carried into the machine and wrapped around the formed bale vdisposed therein, in proximity to a moving materialconveying means having a surface portion which is normally covered at least in part by the material passing on into the machine, an additional means operative to engage the twine with a part of said surface portion, in the event there is no material covering same, in a manner rendering said conveying means effective to carry the twine on into the machine.

12. In combination in a machine embodying mechanism for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale and for positioning twine, which is to be carried into the machine and wrapped around the formed bale disposed therein, in proximity to a moving materialconveying means which is normally covered at least in part by the material passing thereover and into the machine, a movably mounted member selectively positionable to engage the twine with a part of said conveying means in a manner rendering said part effective to carryA the twine on into the machine in the event there is no material entering same.

13. In combination in a machine embodying mechanism for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale and for positioning twine, which is to be carried into the machine and wrapped around the formed bale disposed therein, in proximity to a part of the machine which moves in a direction tending to feed material into the machine, an additional means operative to engage the twine with said part in a manner rendering same effective to carry the twine on into the machine.

14. In combination in a machine embodying mechanism for rolling material delivered thereto into a formed cylindrical bale and for positioning twine, which is to be carried into the machine and wrapped around the formed bale disposed therein, in proximity to a part of the f machine which moves in a direction tending to,

feed material into the machine, a movably mounted member operative to engage the twine with said part in a manner rendering same effective to carry the twine on into the machine, and means for operating said member and for maintaining same inoperative in a predetermined out-of-the-way position.

' PAUL H. HARRER.

CLAYTON H. ROTH. 

